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Twins Rebuild in Progress?

Amid the excitement caused by Terry Ryan’s return, it was easy to overlook one potentially alarming detail. Ryan said the Twins’ payroll, which sat at about $113 to $115 million in 2011, would…Read More

Terry Ryan Strikes Back!

Wow, what a turnaround! Six weeks after the end of a terrible Twins season, during which we repeatedly heard that the Twins would not make any major organizational moves, the Minnesota Twins have ousted…Read More

About Those Injuries…

How much of the disaster that was 2011 can be blamed on injuries? Take a look at the list below and decide for yourself. It’s a list of every time the Twins have used the Disabled List this season.…Read More

The Winning Teams: 2010

This is the final installment of a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current version of the Twins is 20 games over .500 or stuck in last place, fans can always hold…Read More

The Winning Teams: 2009

This is part eleven in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current version of the Twins is 20 games over .500 or stuck in last place, fans can always hold onto…Read More

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The Winning Teams: 2008

  This is part ten in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the…Read More

Joe Nathan is the All Time Save Leader!

Joe Nathan earned the save tonight. It was his ninth save of the season, number 256 in his career, and…Read More

Flat-Lining

To be clear, I haven’t given up on this team…yet. That said, with every loss the road gets…Read More

Minnesota Twins 2011 Midterm Report Card

 The Twins have reached the All Star Break, baseball’s traditional midpoint. I’d like to…Read More

The Bullpen Strikes Again

The Twins engineered a nice comeback Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays, just in time for the bullpen…Read More

Surprise! Another Injury!

Scott Baker‘s has been exceptional on the mound in recent weeks. On Tuesday nigbht he notched his…Read More

Glen Perkins: Closer?

The Twins’ 9-7 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday locked up a second consecutive series victory…Read More

Looking Ahead, Looking Back

Does winning feel great or what? More than anything I think it’s great to have that hope again,…Read More

The Winning Teams: 2004

This is part eight in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current…Read More

Nathan Pitches To Mauer in Live Practice

FORT MYERS — It’s like a scene out of a movie, two teammates pitching and hitting and having…Read More

Friday Hits!

When I initially sat down to being this post I could not , off the top of my head, recall any really…Read More

Twins Bullpen Blows Big Lead. Again.

The Target Field crowd cheered when Jim Hoey induced the final out of the 8th inning Friday night. Perhaps…Read More

Talking Trades, Talking Futures

I have never been one of those people that knows a lot about baseball, the depth charts of other Major…Read More

Three Steps Back

The optimism the Twins created with their recent three game winning streak has suffered a painful demise.…Read More

Blogging Around

I read a lot of baseball blogs (I even read some non-baseball, non-sports blogs, quick shout out to The…Read More